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Novyy Afon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Afon Ttschyz, Achali Atoni, Akhali Atoni, Afon Ch'yts, Neos Athos
town in Georgia
Key facts
- Country
- Georgia
- Partially recognized independent country
- Abkhazia
- District
- Gudauta
- Established
- 6th century BC
- Mayor
- Feliks Dautia
- Total
- 1,518
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( MSK )
- Summer dst
- UTC+4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- ახალი ათონი
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
- Official language
- Russian
- Population
- 3012
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- abkhazia.gov.ge/cities/NEW-ATHOS
- Image
- - panoramio - Николай Семёнов (80).jpg
- Dialing code
- 0444
- Licence plate code
- ABH
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- Commons category
- New Athos
- postal code
- 6900
- twinned administrative body
- Arzamas
- inception
- 0300-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:New Athos
- native label
- ახალი ათონი
- time of earliest written record
- 0201-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
New Athos or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of Abkhazia situated some 22 km (14 mi) from Sokhumi by the shores of the Black Sea. The town was previously known under the greek names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and later Psyrtskha.
New Athos Cave is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Novyy Afon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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